Deposition of Thomas Sergeant

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<Mr Aldrich
Mr Pigott Jur>
Thomas Sergeant of Clony at the Countie of Meath yeoman sworne and examined deposeth and saith That since the begining of the present Rebellion and by meanes thereof vizt a little before Alhollantyde Last 1641 this deponent was expelled from deprived robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his goods and chattells of the values hereafter mencioned vizt of Corne worth xvj li., Howsholdstuff and provition worth xxx li. plate viij li. And sayth that at the time of the begining of the present Rebellion and att this tyme; one ffardinando and Tho: Scariesbreck late of Cloney aforesaid in the Countie of Meath aforesaid this deponents late tennants were & are duly owing and stand indebted vnto him this deponent for rent and other goodes 200 li. & that the said ffardinando and Tho: Scariesbrick are <A> gone into Rebellion soe as the said debt he conceiveth to bee absolutely fo Lost & there was & is due vnto the deponent by one Tho: Might of Trim another Rebell the summe of ix li. sterling And this deponent by reason of the Rebellion is dispoyled of and hath lost in in other debts and sumes of money for rents are now and at the begining of the Rebellion owing vnto him for debts mony lent and vpon simple contracts amounting in all to three hundreth & twenty ffiftie eight pownds or thereabouts All which parties are soe robbed stripped & disabled by the Rebells that they have nothing lefte whereby they might give him satisfacion And this deponent by reason of the rebellion hath alsoe Lost the proffitts of his Landes at Cluney aforesaid from all Hallontyde 1641 vntill May last amounting which if the Rebellion had not beene would haue amounted to xl li. of clere gaine above all charges And by reason of the presente Rebellion this deponent hath already lost the proffitts of his seuerall farmes of dowlistowne in the County of Meath & for on Allhollontide to May last past worth xxx li. & [ at ] the whole val u e of his interest in dunshaghlin w it h [ ] the worth one hundreth and xxty pownds and of of the Church or Rectory lands of Culmellen in the County of Meath worth 180 li. from Allhallontyde last to the the said

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month of May His losses thereof for the present amounting in all to the some of CCCvij li. 370 li. CCClxx li. more ster: & this deponent is Like to be deprived of and loose the Rents & proffitts of his said farmes and lands of which he had and Clony and Dowlistowne wherein he hath seuerall and respective estats for good termes of yeres yet in being from May last from henceforth vntill peace be setled, They being in all <per annum> worth before the Rebellion began Eighty five pownds per annum per annum at the least above all charg s And further saith that by meanes of the same Rebellion and since the beginning thereof this deponent hath beene alsoe deprived of robbed or otherwise dispoyled of his other goodes and chattells of the value hereafter mencioned vizt Corne worth xvj li., Howse=hold stuff worth xxx li. at Least Plate worth viij li. In all Liiij li. Soe that his present Losses in all before May last come and <hand> amounted vnto the sume of one thowsand thirty six powndes And his Losses from thence & & hereafter which shold arris e & come vnto him out of the said farmes and premises w o will amount to per annum vntill a peace be established & that the same lands come to their former values And further sayth that the parties that soe expelled robbed or otherwise dispoyled him were theis that followe vizt MrBurnett of <B> Castle Rickett in the said Countie Esquire And sayth that about the second day of November last the said ffardinando & Tho: Scariesbrick & one Hugh Cooke John Cooke and Rice Johns 3 of his dispoyled debtors were all dwelling in Clony vp afforesaid as vndertennants to this deponent vpon his farme there: & hadd in their possessions a great quantetie of corne hay Cattle and divers Cattle which they had of this deponents so m e of which cattle were all forcibly and rebelliously taken away of and <C> from the said Lands by 2 of the the sonnes of one one MrLinch of Dunore nere Claney aforesaid Esquire whoe received those cattle from his sonns & killed some part thereof And part of the said Cattle, this deponent wa

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by this deponent (for more safftie d as he supposed cawsed to be driven to the land of John Ware late of Castletowne in the Countie of Meath Esquire, whoe promissed they shold be kept in safftie for them and this deponent at Castletowne aforesaid and But did never restore them And the said <D> deponent Burnett hath since (as this deponent hath beene since credibly informed) spoyled and pulled downe his this deponents <hand> howses at Cloney aforesaid and conveyed part of the timber & best Materialls to his the said Burnetts owne lands at Castle Rickett And further sayth that when this deponent sent 2 messingers to vizt Richard Brewer & William Lawlis the servant of James Jarman to the said Mr Ware to redemand the said Cattle & goodes: the wife of <E> the said Mr Ware (as the said 2 messingers told him) sayd that she had killed some of the Cattle and would kill the rest: & that her husband was gone from home & had left djrection that she shold not deliuer nor part with any of those Cattle, they being fiftie in number or thereabouts: And further sayth that although this deponent came away from Trim not long after the begining of the Rebellion yet hee is assured that all or the most part of the irish thereabouts (thoughe he can name noe more then Christopher More of Clony aforesaid <f> Weaver other then those he hath before named) but [ verely ] did all rise & goe into Rebellion
Tho: Sargant
Jur viijo Julij 1642
Will: Aldrich
John Sterne:

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65 Meath (31)
Tho: Sergeant
Jur 8o July 1642
Cert imediate fact
Intr 28 oct